Graves is tankier than most melee champs lol

It's also why he's banned a lot in LCS. Oh and in Bronze, he's banned every game.

Graves is tankier than most melee champs lol

With his bases I'm pretty sure he's right at the halfway point, as 1979 is only a smidgen over MF's 1975. Generally speaking most melee champions are on the upper half and ranged are on the lower half, so he shouldn't be tankier than most melee champions. That said - Shen, Morde, and Sion all lost ~300 HP @18 with their reworks so the halfway point could have moved.

Also - base stats (outside of AA range) are more or less identical between champions in many regards, where runes/masteries/abilities/items are what's going to make the difference.

Still - pretty sucky as a "tanky" melee champion for levels 16, as in-kit health regeneration (usually via the passive) is the only thing that's really making you appear durable in lane: and run into someone like Graves that's all about burst rather than chip damage and HP/5 isn't adding anything to your lifespan.